MSN Summer Internship Update #4
Pray for Karis! ヒックス・カリス | Karis Hicksインターン | MUSTARD SEED クリスチャン教会 福岡 “By day the Lord commands His steadfast love, and at night His song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.” Psalm 42:8 “But He knows the way that I take; when he has tried me,
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Living Sent to one of the largest unreached people groups on earth
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Mission Partners:
David & Alyssa Wissel
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William and Lydia Payne
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Karis Hicks
Short-term intern at Mustard Seed Church, Fukuoka
Churches:
11 church plants since 2009, with a new plant in Chiba underway.
Religion in Japan
Nominally Buddhist and Shinto, but a large portion self-identifies as non-religious. Christians make up a small fraction of the population at ~1%, with practicing Evangelicals estimated at 0.4% or less.
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MSN Summer Internship Update #4
Pray for Karis! ヒックス・カリス | Karis Hicksインターン | MUSTARD SEED クリスチャン教会 福岡 “By day the Lord commands His steadfast love, and at night His song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.” Psalm 42:8 “But He knows the way that I take; when he has tried me,
MSN Summer Internship Update #3
Pray for Karis! ヒックス・カリス | Karis Hicksインターン | MUSTARD SEED クリスチャン教会 福岡 “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” Jeremiah 31:3 “You have seen O Lord; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!” Psalm 35:22 “Therefore, as you received
MSN Summer Internship Update #2
Pray for Karis! ヒックス・カリス | Karis Hicksインターン | MUSTARD SEED クリスチャン教会 福岡 Praises First week of Work! – A smooth onboarding week full of encouraging meetings and learning tasks for the summer. It has been a unique blessing to experience working in ministry setting, and one of my favorite parts of
MSN Summer Internship Update #1
Pray for Karis! ヒックス・カリス | Karis Hicksインターン | MUSTARD SEED クリスチャン教会 福岡 Praises Traveling mercies – After 3 flights and 29 hours of travel, I am safely in Fukuoka, praise the Lord! He was so kind to smooth out all of the travel details along the way, and a huge praise… I
Artwork to An Unknown God
The maze of cobblestone paths that winds beneath Tenjin has an old European feel by design. Paper lanterns give way to stained glass lamps and kawaii illustrations to Italian-style murals that serve as both art and landmarks. Even so, it’s disorienting in this country that’s less than 1% Christian to
Planting Seeds
by Sarah Kladler At the beginning of our trip, while exploring Tokyo, we visited the Shinjuku National Gardens. The gardens encompass a wide variety of flowers and trees, including the largest maples and cherry trees I have personally ever seen. The gardens originated as a feudal lord’s personal garden during
Fun facts about fukuoka
The Ramen Capital
Fukuoka is the birthplace of tonkotsu ramen, a popular pork-based variety known for its creamy broth and rich, savory flavor
Colossal buddah
Fukuoka Prefecture is home to one of the largest reclining Buddha statues on earth, weighing in at 300 tons of bronze
Gateway to Asia
Fukuoka is closer to Shanghai, China and Seoul, South Korea than it is to Tokyo, historically making it the gateway to the mainland
Study Shrine
Fukuoka Prefecture houses a shrine dedicated to the deity of learning. Students flock here to pray for acaemic success.